biggest threat from a life-saving standpoint. right now, fema says its focusing on positioning commodities like water and cots and tarps to get to those areas once the storm passes. they also say their fema staff is already communicating with states to make sure that they have an accurate read on what the needs will be so that they can respond appropriately. here is more from fema earlier this morning at their first briefing. take a listen. so this is not going to be a storm that we recover from in days. it will take us a good amount of time to do the full recovery. however, we are focused on those critical missions that we have to perform immediately following the storm. opening the roads, performing life-saving missions in support of our state and local partners. okay, you remember fema was criticized last year over its response it how it handled the three hurricanes, including